Word Origin & History

pay c.1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from O.Fr. paiier (12c.), from L. pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (especially a creditor), from pax (gen. pacis) "peace." Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in M.L., was attested in Eng. by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in Eng. by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Payday first attested 1520s. Payphone first attested 1936.

Example Sentences for paid out

The warp was paid out for awhile and then made fast on board the steamer.

I ordered the chain, which we had begun to heave in, to be paid out again.

He exulted thus at the idea that he had "paid out the stuck-up beggar after all."

I won it myself, and paid out three and twopence for drinks.

Will it be paid out of the post office like the Old Age Pensions?

Money is paid out to those prisoners who have an account at the rate of 20M.

They were not paid out of the credit voted by the Volksraad.

At the Johnson's ferry fishery £114 was taken in and £28 paid out.

I've paid out all the good dollars for stores that I intend to on this trip.